"Hmph, Yan Family had always been arrogant for a long time. Now, they got a just dessert they deserve!" one young cultivator was commenting in a random street in Phoenix City.

"What do you know?! Even if they have fallen, they were still a former Nine Great Family," the elder beside him frowned and slapped the back of the young cultivator's head.

Scratching his head, he looked at the elder indignantly and still argued, "So what if they were one of the Nine Great Family? They still can be destroyed at the end."

"Watch your mouth if you don't want our sect to be the one that would be disappeared next! You don't understand the horror of The Great Families," the elder warned him sternly.

"Are they really that powerful?" a short-haired young girl asked.

Even though their sect was not as famous as Nine Great Families and Three Big Sects, they still had many Golden Cores disciples, and a Nascent Soul cultivator presided as their Sect Master. They also possessed more than enough profound-ranked and earth-ranked weapons and treasures. So, she doubted that their sect would lose that badly.

"Of course, they don't even need to lift a finger if they want to destroy our sect. They only needed to say the word, and many people willingly do the job for them. That's why no one dares to oppose The Great Family. If Feng Family didn't join hand with Heaven Swords Sect, Yan Family would still stand today," the Elder said.

The young cultivators were shocked when they heard the elder words. They finally understood why their elder being overly cautious.

Alas, a newborn calf had no fear of the tiger. Even if they heard how frightening The Nine Great Families were, it still didn't deter them from gossiping further.

"I heard that this incident happened because Fairy Feng rejects Young Master Yan's marriage proposal. She seemed to have another person in her heart, which made Young Master Yan mad and attack Feng Family," another young girl said excitedly.

"No, no. I think this matter is not that simple. There must be some big secret behind it," another disciple jumped in.

"What a big secret!" one scholar-looking boy sneered at them and continue: "I bet it was the usual power struggle between Great Family. Yan Family couldn't wait anymore to seize the control of Phoenix City, and they used the marriage proposal as a reason to move."

"I think it's a shame, though. Young Master Yan was so dreamy. If it was me, I would definitely agree," the other girl sighed.

"But, who are the one Fairy Feng fancy? I never see her close to another man. Or maybe, she likes another woman? I heard from someone that she was being intimate with the beautiful woman she bring with her before," the short-haired girl said.

"Oh, oh, I remember her name is Snowy. If it's her, then it's understandable that Fairy Feng fall for her. Even I, who only have a handsome man in my eyes, can still feel my heart pounding hard when I see her for the first time," the other girl nodded.

"Young Miss Li was also an option. They had already close since they were young," another disciple said.

"Hmph. What's the future of two women getting together? It's not like they can have a child to succeed their family," one boy harumphed, his voice filled with jealousy. Like other young men in Phoenix City, he always dreamed of being the one who would pluck the flower of the famous heavenly beauties. How can he not be displeased if he lost to another woman?

"Okay, enough with this talk. We should go back to the sect." The elder hastily stopped their chat, afraid that someone from the Feng or Li Family accidentally heard them and feel offended.

In the next few days, a similar discussion happened all over Phoenix City. The news of Yan's Family downfall quickly became one of the hottest topics of discussion for other big power and common people.

The Nine Great Families had always been a behemoth existence in the eye of the mortals. Small clans, small sects, and vagrant cultivators who could guess the true extent of their power even more so, they always act politely and respectfully lest they incite self-inviting disaster. With their power, there's no way they can survive the wrath of such a powerful heritage.

The Nine Great Families were rarely seeking trouble among themselves. Although conflicts couldn't be avoided to maintaining their prestige, it was limited to personal battles or small skirmishes.

This had been the way of the world for more than 400 years. Yet, in this generation, The Nine Great Families lost one of their members out of the blue.

Before they could calm down, they once again shocked by another news from Three Big Sects. One day after the fall of the Yan Family, the Heavenly Blood sect announces a public apology to the Heaven Swords sect and conceded some of their territories.

This information enabled some big-shots to connected the dots and figure the truth about this accident. They realized that The Eastern Region would soon be facing great changes.

Some smaller sects and families made a quick self-preserving action by visiting the Feng Family and Heaven Sword Sect to congratulate them and present many gifts and tributaries. Some of them even talked about making an alliance with Feng Family and Heaven Sword Sect as their leader. However, the Feng Family and Heaven Sword Sects put a hold on this discussion since they want to stabilize their current condition.

Some of the family heads and sect masters who were visiting noticed Patriarch Feng's absence but didn't pry further, afraid of offending the Feng Family. But some of them already guessed that his absence might be one reason for the feud between the Feng and the Yan family.

Catching the rumor of alliance, the rest of the Great Family alarmed and also made their move. They felt the need to band together and made their own small faction. They also began more active to hunt for treasure and put more effort to cultivate their young generation.

It can be said these recent events broke the long-lasting fa?ade of peace and lift the curtain of great turmoil that soon enveloped the Eastern Region.